Westerman 1 Stephanie Westerman Mr. Hendricks Class Name 14 November 2013 ObamaCare: Reforming Our Healthcare System In the 2008 election‚ Presidential candidate Barack Obama focused on healthcare reform. Barack Obama stated that the high costs of health insurance were‚ “a threat to our economy” (“History of the Passage”). He made it publicly known that health insurance should be every American ’s right (“History of the Passage”). Obama began his journey to establish a working healthcare plan
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Obamacare is the current form of healthcare that our country uses‚ and it is one of the worst forms of healthcare that has ever been came up with. It is a terrible system that has been a failure since it was first installed as a government mandate that is required for citizens to have. It has a long list of problems that i can only really scratch the surface of in this essay. If you are a Republican‚ you probably are already against Obamacare; if you are a democrat‚ you are all for it most
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Obamacare Controversy always surrounds change. Healthcare is this kind of controversial topic where people refuse to accept changes‚ even though changes must be made. Obamacare details many changes‚ how they will be made‚ and whom they will affect. As with any bill‚ there are pros and cons that exist as the bill helps many‚ but makes some a little worse off. Taking into account the pros that include the minimum benefits package and expansion of Medicare coverage as well as the cons that include
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Obamacare Pros The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office lists the advantages of Obamacare: The Act was designed to reduce overall health care costs by making services available to the 32 million who currently can’t get insurance. They often use a hospital emergency room as their primary care physician‚ increasing costs for everyone. This starts in 2014. It requires that all plans cover 10 essential health benefits. Preventive services are free‚ which lowers health care costs by treating
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The Necessity of ObamaCare in the United States The United States is heavily watched around the world in terms of politics or any other action as it is one of the leading countries of the world. Recently‚ the United States caught the eye of the world in its recent debate of the health care reform. Most commonly referred to as “ObamaCare” the official name is the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) or for short‚ the Affordable Care Act (ACA). President Barack Obama on March 23‚ 2010
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The “Affordable Care Act of 2010” also known as “Obamacare” or “Health Care Reform Act of 2010” is a universal healthcare plan that was designed to allow Americans to be able to get quality health insurance that people would be able to afford‚ and to cut U.S health care spending down as well. Many Americans debated about whether or not it was beneficial for everyone or just certain people‚ so there are many advantage and disadvantages for Americas due to this reform. Many of the doctor visits and
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Obamacare was designed to help the lower income people whose jobs did not provide health insurance or those who could not afford it on their own. A few of the main or biggest beneficiaries of Obamacare include those between the ages of 18 and 34; blacks; Hispanics; and people who live in rural areas. The people that hurt the most from Obamacare include people who are 35 and older and those who are self-employed‚ or a combination of both. Many of these people who are hurt the most happen to generally
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Obamacare‚ or what is formally known as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act‚ is federal legislation that was signed into law on March 23‚ 2010 by present Barak Obama. The act aims to reform national healthcare and give more people than before access to affordable healthcare. The overall goal of the act is to cover all persons regardless of their conditions or other factors. The passing of Obamacare has led to much conflict in the government and throughout the nation. In particular‚ recently
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Health Care Reform and the Affordable Care Act The Affordable Care Act (also known as Obamacare) is a hot topic in today’s political atmosphere. Advocacy and Opposition both run rampant throughout the country. The goal of the act was to fix the health care concern. The Catholic Church (as an entity‚ not as members of the Catholic Church) has pledged their support for the act. It believes that everyone is entitled to the same benefits regardless of whether or not they can afford it and that it
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Obamacare is a act that is very controversial to this day. This paper is going to examine the pros and cons of the affordable healthcare act. The pros of obamacare are very arguable because many people think that obamacare is not a good thing. Millions of people are able to receive high-quality health insurance through medicaid‚ and young adults make up a large percentage of those people. Some tend to question whether Obamacare’s cost outweighs the benefits. “The average American has a lot to gain
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